IR 05000387/1986016
| ML17146A547 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 09/29/1986 |
| From: | Clemons P, Pasciak W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML17146A546 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-86-16, 50-388-86-16, NUDOCS 8610080052 | |
| Download: ML17146A547 (7) | |
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U.S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
50-387/86-16 Report No.
50-388/86-16 50-387 Docket No.
50-388 NPF-14 License No.
NPF-22 Priority Category C
Licensee:
Penns lvania Power
& Li ht Com an 2 North Ninth Street Allentown Penn s 1 vani a 18101 Facility Name:
Sus uehanna Steam Electric Station Units 1 and
Inspection At:
Berwick Penns lvania Inspection Conducted:
Au ust 25 - 28 1986 Inspectors:
Approved by:
le ns, Radi ion Special a
, Chief, Effluents diation Protection Section te da Ins ection Summar
Ins ection on Au ust 25
1986 Re ort Nos.
50-387/86-16 and 50-388/86-16 Areas Ins ected:
Routine, unannounced safety inspection of the transportation activities including: purpose, management controls, training, procedures, ship-ments of radioactive material, Part 61, quality control, audits, outstanding items, and package selection.
Results:
No violations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted 1. 1 Licensee Personnel J. Blakeslee, Assistant Plant Superintendent H. Riley, Radiological Operations Supervisor J.
Clymer, equality Assurance Supervisor, Operations K. Mattern, Operations Radwaste Engineer K. Roush, Supervisor, Nuclear Instruction D. McGann, Compliance Engineer D. Heffelfinger, Coordinating Engineer, equality Assurance Staff, Auditing P. Jaeger, Health Physics Foreman Radwaste 1.2 NRC Personnel L.
Plisco, Senior Resident Inspector Other licensee personnel were contacted and interviewed during this inspection.
2.
~Pur oee The purpose of this routine inspection of the transportation activities was to review the licensee's program with respect to the following areas:
Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review of management controls; of training; of audits; of procedures; of shipments of radioactive material; of quality control; of Part 61; and of package selection.
3.
Licensee's Actions on Previous Ins ection Findin s
(Closed) Violation (387/84-01-01)
Failed to follow procedures.
The inspector reviewed the corrective actions contained in a letter from the licensee dated April 19, 1984, and the action taken appeared to be adequate.
(Closed) Violation (387/84-09-01)
Failed to follow procedures.
The inspector reviewed the corrective action contained in a letter from the licensee dated Hay 4, 1984, and the action taken appeared to be adequat (Closed)
Unresolved (387/84-09-02)
Determine if training requirements are equivalent.
The inspector determined that the questionable training items had been deleted, and the salient items from the procedures have been incorporated in Procedure No. HP-043.
(Closed) Violation (387/84-31-01)
Bracing failure in shipment of radio-active waste.
The inspector reviewed the licensee's corrective action as described in a letter dated September 28, 1984, and the corrective action appeared to be adequate.
Mana ement Control The licensee has documented the management control for radioactive waste management in an administrative procedure (Procedure No. AD-(A-100,
"Station Organization and Responsibilities" ).
The Health Physics/Chemis-try Supervisor has been designated with the overall responsibility for compliance with the applicable regulations for the transportation of radioactive material.
The Radiological Operations Supervisor, who reports to the Health Physics/
Chemistry Supervisor, has been charged with the authority and responsibil-ity for establishing and implementing the routine program.
All of the activities are governed by procedures which specify methods for handling, processing, sampling, and analyses of liquid radioactive waste, directions for operating plant systems to control and process radioactive waste, and methods for control and processing of solid radioactive waste.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
Audits The licensee's program for auditing the quality assurance program for transport packages was reviewed against the requirements of Criterion NVIII, "Audits", Appendix B,
CFR 50.
The licensee's performance relative to the criteria was determined by interviewing guality Assurance/(}uality Control personnel, Radiological Operations personnel, and by reviewing appropriate documents.
Within the scope of this review, the following was identified:
The inspector reviewed Audit Report No.85-118, dated February 6, 1986.
The audit report was entitled, "Solid Radwaste Process Control Program",
and the audit was performed between December 16, 1985 and January 9,
1986.
The inspector noted that the report summary indicated that only the cur-rent Process Control Program and its implementing procedures were addres-sed in the audit.
The report did not contain any evidence that any criteria of Appendix B,
CFR 50 had been addressed for transport pack-ages'~
Licensee representatives were made aware of this observation during the exit meeting on August 28, 198 CFR 71.101(b), "guality Assurance Requirements",
requires, in part, that each licensee shall establish, maintain, and execute a quality assurance program satisfying each of the applicable criteria of this subpart for transport packages.
CFR 71.101(f) states
"A Commission-approved quality assurance program which satisfies the applicable criteria of Appendix B of Part 50 of this chapter and which is established, main-tained, and executed with regard to transport packages will be accepted as satisfying the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section."
The licensee has a Commission-approved quality assurance program.
The inspector reviewed a copy of the licensee's audit matrix to determine if transport packages were identified in the matrix.
Transport packages are not identified, but, the licensee does identify the "Solid Radwaste Process Control Program."
This fact was pointed out to a licensee repre-sentative, and the inspector was told that this is a broad category that does capture the requirement to audit the applicable quality assurance requirements for transport packages.
The inspector requested and received, copies of audit reports, and check lists, for audits performed during and since 1983.
The inspector noted that the audit reports for 1983, 1984 and 1986 addressed the aspects of the Process Control Program, and the 1985 report was specific for transport packages.
The inspector determined that the audit performed in 1985 was sufficient to meet the regulatory requirements.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
6.
Shi ments of Radioactive Material The transportation of licensed material was reviewed against the criteria contained in 10 CFR 71, "Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material",
CFR 20.311,
"Transfer for disposal and manifests",
and
CFR Parts 172 and 173.
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined from discussions with the Radiological Operations Supervisor, the Health Physics Foreman - Radwaste, the Assistant Health Physics Foreman-Radwaste, and by reviewing appropriate documents.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
7.
Procedures The adequacy and effectiveness of the licensee's procedures were reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specification 6.8, "Proce-dures."
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with the Radiological Operations Supervisor, and by reviewing certain procedure Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
8.
~Trainin Personnel training in transportation activities was reviewed against the criteria contained in 10 CFR 71. 105, "Quality Assurance Program",
"Packaging of Low-Level Radioactive Waste for Trans-port and Burial."
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with training personnel, and by reviewing appropriate docu-
.ments'~
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
Selection of Packa in 10.
The licensee's program for the selection of packages was reviewed against the requirements of 10 CFR 71. 12,
"General License:
NRC Approved Package" and the Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements of 49 CFR 173,
"Shippers General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging."
The licensee's performance relative to the criteria was determined by interviews of the Radiological Operations Supervisor and the Health Physics Foreman Radwaste, and by reviewing appropriate documents.
Mithin the scope of thi s review, no violations were identified.
ualit Control The licensee's program for quality control was reviewed against the requirements of 10 CFR 20.311(d)(3),
"Transfer for disposal and mani-
- fests."
The licensee'
performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with Quality Assurance/Quality Control personnel and by reviewing appropriate documents.
Mithin the scope of this revidw, no violations were identified.
Part
The adequacy and effectiveness of the licensee's program was reviewed against the criteria contained in 10 CFR 61.55,
"Waste classification" and
CFR 61.56,
"Waste characteristics."
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with the Chemistry Supervisor, the Radiological Operations Supervisor, and by reviewing appropriate documents.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie.
Exit Inter view The inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 28, 1986.
The inspector summarized the scope of the inspection and findings as described in this report.
At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspector.